WordPress Customization
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Step 1 — Type Your WordPress Login URL
On a typical WordPress site, all you need to do is add /login/ or /admin/ to the end of
your site’s URL.
For example:
www.example.com/login/
or
www.example.com/admin/
or
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Step 1 — Type Your WordPress Login URL
If your site is installed in a sub-folder, or subdirectory, then you need to add /login/ or
/wp-login.php to the end of your site’s URL.
For example:
www.example.com/wordpress/login/
or
www.example.com/wordpress/wp-login.php
or
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Step 1 — Type Your WordPress Login URL
If your WordPress install is on a sub-domain, then you URL will be slightly different:
For example:
subdomain.example.com/login/
or
subdomain.example.com/wp-login.php
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Step 2 — Login to WordPress Dashboard
Now, in order to get into the WordPress
administrator area, you should login:
• WordPress Username – username you set
up when you were installing WordPress.
• WordPress Password – password you set
up when installing WordPress.
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Step 3 — Accessing WordPress Dashboard
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HOW TO CREATE NEW WORDPRESS POST
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How To Create New WordPress Post
First you
need to log
in your site
wp-admin
panel and
go to Posts
-> Add
New.
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How To Create New WordPress Post
On this page you will see the WordPress posts editor. The most important parts of this
page are:
• Post Title - enter the title of your post in this field. On your theme it will be shown
above your content.
• Post Content - you can use the WordPress WYSIWYG editor to add the actual content
of your post. Note that it has two tabs - Visual (use the editor to format your text) and
Text (add your HTML code directly).
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How To Create New WordPress Post
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How To Create New WordPress Post
Once you enter the content of your first WordPress post, you need to Publish it.
Publishing brings your post to your actual website.
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How To Create New WordPress Post
That's it! You can now go to the front page of your site to check out the newly created
blog post.
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HOW TO CREATE YOUR FIRST WORDPRESS
STATIC HOME PAGE
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How To Create Your First WordPress Static Home Page
To set your static homepage, you first need to create a new page to use as your
homepage. To do that, just go to Pages → Add New. To make it easy to find, name it
something like “Homepage” and make sure to Publish it:
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How To Create Your First WordPress Static Home Page
Once you’ve created both of those
pages, go to Settings → Reading.
Here, change the Front page
displays option to A static page.
Then select from the drop downs:
• Front page: Select the page that
you named “Homepage”
• Posts page: Select the page that
you named “Blog”
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How To Create Your First WordPress Static Home Page
Congrats, you’ve just created a WordPress static homepage! When you go to your
homepage, you should see a blank page called “Homepage”.
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HOW TO INSTALL NEW WORDPRESS THEME
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How To Install New WordPress Theme
1. To get started, you need to install the new WordPress theme that you want to use.
2. Go to Appearance → Themes
3. Click on Add New
4. If you found your theme at WordPress.org, you can search for it by name and click the install
button.
5. And if you purchased a premium theme or otherwise have a ZIP file, you can upload the ZIP file
by clicking the Upload Theme button.
6. Now, click the Choose File button, select the ZIP archive of your theme from your local
computer and press the Install Now button.
7. In a few seconds, WordPress will upload and extract the theme archive for you. You will need
to activate the theme for the changes to take effect. All you need to do is locate the Activate
link under the Theme installed successfully message.
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How To Install New WordPress Theme
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